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index bcccf8811f1c1a..4f638a7b085901 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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+		"@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": {
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+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/scope-manager/-/scope-manager-4.8.1.tgz",
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+			"requires": {
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+				"@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "4.8.1"
+			}
+		},
+		"@typescript-eslint/types": {
+			"version": "4.8.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/types/-/types-4.8.1.tgz",
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+		},
 		"@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": {
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@@ -16986,6 +17172,24 @@
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 			}
 		},
+		"@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": {
+			"version": "4.8.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys/-/visitor-keys-4.8.1.tgz",
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+			"dev": true,
+			"requires": {
+				"@typescript-eslint/types": "4.8.1",
+				"eslint-visitor-keys": "^2.0.0"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"eslint-visitor-keys": {
+					"version": "2.0.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-2.0.0.tgz",
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+					"dev": true
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 		"@webassemblyjs/ast": {
 			"version": "1.8.5",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@webassemblyjs/ast/-/ast-1.8.5.tgz",
@@ -17868,6 +18072,7 @@
 			"version": "file:packages/eslint-plugin",
 			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
+				"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.8.1",
 				"@wordpress/prettier-config": "file:packages/prettier-config",
 				"babel-eslint": "^10.1.0",
 				"cosmiconfig": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js
index 10cdeee17d9c9c..cc1a062eb35dda 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/recommended.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const { config: localPrettierConfig } =
 const prettierConfig = { ...defaultPrettierConfig, ...localPrettierConfig };
 
 module.exports = {
+	parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser',
 	extends: [
 		require.resolve( './recommended-with-formatting.js' ),
 		'plugin:prettier/recommended',
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json
index 4b03086220c42e..1ba017685439cb 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	"main": "index.js",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@wordpress/prettier-config": "file:../prettier-config",
+		"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.8.1",
 		"babel-eslint": "^10.1.0",
 		"cosmiconfig": "^7.0.0",
 		"eslint-config-prettier": "^6.10.1",